Mary Cheh has turned Cleveland Park/Cleveland Park North into her personal political asset

[Anonymous]

Affordable housing proposal for Upton Street/Howard Law School grounds
Homeless family facility on Idaho Ave.
Homeless folks in Sedgwick Gardens' departments
Pool knocked into Hearst Playground despite neighborhood objections.

All these projects less than one mile from each other.

[Anonymous]

These are great project for the city. What is the problem?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Affordable housing proposal for Upton Street/Howard Law School grounds
Homeless family facility on Idaho Ave.
Homeless folks in Sedgwick Gardens' departments
Pool knocked into Hearst Playground despite neighborhood objections.

All these projects less than one mile from each other.

You mean Ward 3 is now taking their fair share of these uses. News flash, place east of the park have these types of uses, often on the same block. And oh no, your complaing is about a NEW POOL?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Affordable housing proposal for Upton Street/Howard Law School grounds
Homeless family facility on Idaho Ave.
Homeless folks in Sedgwick Gardens' departments
Pool knocked into Hearst Playground despite neighborhood objections.

All these projects less than one mile from each other.

You live in the city. No ward is (or should be) exempted from playing a role in addressing homelessness and the dearth of affordable housing.

If you want an urban Mayberry, then move.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Affordable housing proposal for Upton Street/Howard Law School grounds
Homeless family facility on Idaho Ave.
Homeless folks in Sedgwick Gardens' departments
Pool knocked into Hearst Playground despite neighborhood objections.

All these projects less than one mile from each other.

Is there a link to the Howard Law proposal?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Affordable housing proposal for Upton Street/Howard Law School grounds
Homeless family facility on Idaho Ave.
Homeless folks in Sedgwick Gardens' departments
Pool knocked into Hearst Playground despite neighborhood objections.

All these projects less than one mile from each other.

How is she putting a affordable housing on Howard’s grounds. Is that private property?

[Anonymous]

*cough* NIMBY *cough*

[Anonymous]

Cheh has a 2nd job with GWU that pays her $200K/yr.

GWU is on of DC's largest employers and property owners.

And you thought Evans had conflicts of interest.

[Anonymous]

I'm not a huge fan of Cheh, but these are great projects, and there is absolutely no conflict of interest between her job as a constitutional law professor, which she has had forever (I took her class 20 years ago) and her job on the Council. You just don't like poor people. Most likely you are really just scared that there will be black people in your neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

It’s probably time for you to move to a planned, gated community.

[Anonymous]

Trying to figure out where the line is between "doing things to help your constituents" and a "personal political asset" is

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Affordable housing proposal for Upton Street/Howard Law School grounds
Homeless family facility on Idaho Ave.
Homeless folks in Sedgwick Gardens' departments
Pool knocked into Hearst Playground despite whiny entitled neighbors objections.

All these projects less than one mile from each other.

Fixed that for you - most folks with kids that I know are very much looking forward to finally having a pool in the neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cheh has a 2nd job with GWU that pays her $200K/yr.

GWU is on of DC's largest employers and property owners.

And you thought Evans had conflicts of interest.

She recuses from all matters related to GWU. Not a big deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Affordable housing proposal for Upton Street/Howard Law School grounds
Homeless family facility on Idaho Ave.
Homeless folks in Sedgwick Gardens' departments
Pool knocked into Hearst Playground despite whiny entitled neighbors objections.

All these projects less than one mile from each other.

Fixed that for you - most folks with kids that I know are very much looking forward to finally having a pool in the neighborhood.

+1

[Anonymous]

Um I don’t think Sedgwick Gardens is seen as a success story by any means. Kind of a cautionary tale.